CVE-2014-9374 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Asterisk WebSocket server by sending specific frame sequences, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9374?
CVE-2014-9374 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 12 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability in the WebSocket Server (res_http_websocket module) in Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.14.2, 12.x before 12.7.2, and 13.x before 13.0.2 and Certified Asterisk 11.6 before 11.6-cert9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a zero length frame after a non-zero length frame.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9374?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Digium Asterisk, Digium Certified Asterisk.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9374?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2014-9374 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9374 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Digium Asterisk
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9374, GHSA-4g26-4jfh-95vh, MGASA-2015-0010.